#historic

All societies are historical. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#societies

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#context #everything #historical #important #interest

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#even #historical #odyssey #point #side

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #east #establishing #ethical #ethics

Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#confederate #especially #flag #given #going

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#country #country music #historically #middle-aged #music

Typically, an historic site is considered by the National Park Service to contain a single historical feature, while generally a National Historic Park extends beyond single properties or buildings. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#buildings #considered #contain #extends #feature

Something that came as a shock to me is that we do not have a constitutional right to vote. And that's not just a fun little historical factoid. It actually has huge ramifications. It's the reason our system is so decentralized - in other words, chaotic. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#came #chaotic #constitutional #constitutional right #fun

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#historical #ingrained #memories #stone

It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them. ↗

— Robert. L. Ehrlich

#appropriate #celebrate #choose #citizen #decent